GRAMMYS

What Is Jay-Z’s Opinion About Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance?’

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Jay-Z has long been open about his mixed feelings about the Grammys. In his and wife Beyoncé’s 2018 single “Apesh*t,” he famously rapped, “Tell the Grammys, ‘F*ck that 0 for eight sh*t,’” after being nominated eight times that year, but not winning a single award. But still, he will make his impact on the culture known by maintaining a presence at the ceremony each year.

This year, he was super adamant about his wife receiving her much-due flowers. In an interview with Tidal conducted before this year’s Grammys, Jay said he feels that Bey’s seventh studio album, Renaissance was objectively the Album Of The Year.

“Look what it’s done to the culture. Look how the energy of the world moved,” Jay said. “They play her whole album in the club. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that. The whole entire joint — like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone’s inspired. It has inspired the world. Every remix is better than the other one. From anybody, we’re just finding these joints out in the street.”

Renaissance, however, did not win the coveted Album Of The Year award, but ended up taking home the award for Best Dance/Electronic Album. Songs from the album won several awards — “Break My Soul” for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, “Plastic Off The Sofa” for Best Traditional R&B Performance and “Cuff It” for Best R&B Song.

The aforementioned wins brought her total number of wins up to 32 Grammys throughout her career, making her the artist with the most Grammy awards.

SZA Reflects On Having A “Great Time” At 2023 Grammys

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SZA says that her trip to the 2023 Grammy Awards was her first “great time” at an awards show. The “Kill Bill” singer explained that this was likely due to the fact that she wasn’t competing for anything. In the past, the Recording Academy nominated her 2017 debut, Ctrl, for four awards, while also putting her up individually for Best New Artist.

“Last night was the first time I had a great time at an award show!” SZA captioned a photo of herself from the event. “(Prolly cause I ain’t have to do shit but cheer my friends on + announce ppl I Stan lmao ) my team also surprised me w a GANG OF PLATINUM and gold plaques for SOS can’t believe the album is already eligible for double platinum. LOVE TO EVERYBODY THAT GOT ME HERE AND CONTINUES TO LIFT ME UP. I love you.”

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 28: Recording artist SZA attends the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

Several other artists commented on SZA’s post, including Chloe Bailey, who wrote: “you’re so damn beautiful proud of you my love.” Ice Spice and La La Anthony also chimed in with emojis.

While SZA had nothing to worry about on Sunday night, the same likely won’t be said for next year. Her latest album, SOS, released back on December 9, 2022, missing the window for the 2023 Grammys. However, its reached historic levels of success on the Billboard 200. The album recently spent its seventh week at No. 1, a feat SZA celebrated on Instagram. “7 weeks at #1 is more than I ever imagined,” she captioned the post. “I’m jus tryna do something worth something w my time in the sun. Thank you God. Thank you everyone.” SZA is now just the third female artist since 2000 to have an album spend seven weeks at the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200. The other two artists are Adele and Taylor Swift. SOS is also the first album in history to keep 10 songs on the Hot 100 singles chart for seven consecutive weeks. Check out SZA’s post regarding the 2023 Grammy Awards below.

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Inside Grammys Weekend 2023

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    Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party (Feb 2)

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    Spotify Best New Artist Party (Feb 2)

  • Josh Levi performs during the Grey Goose and Raedio Rhythm & Bleu Pre-GRAMMY Party. Image via Getty

    Grey Goose and Raedio Rhythm & Bleu Pre-Grammy Party (Feb 3)

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    GRAMMYsNextGen Party (Feb 3)

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    Boi-1da’s Producer of the Year Nomination Celebration With ISLA Management and Bacardi (Feb 3)

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    EMPIRE’s Pre-Grammy Party (Feb 3)

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    Katastic’s Grammys Soirée at French Montana’s House (Feb 3)

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    Grey Goose Sound Sessions Brunch (Feb 4)

  • Usher skating at the Interscope party. Image via Vivien Best/Getty for Grey Goose Vodka

    Interscope Records x Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace (Feb 4)

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    The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (Feb 5)

Lizzo Is ‘So Proud’ Of Her Vocals After Her 2023 Grammys Performance Of ‘About Damn Time’

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Over the weekend, Lizzo had a blast at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Not only did she take home Record Of The Year for her song “About Damn Time,” but she also was one of the star performers to play during the event.

After seemingly watching videos of herself tackling the track with a church-style choir, Lizzo took to Twitter to express just how happy she was with her performance.

“Ok… last thing,” she wrote. “Can I say IM SO PROUD OF MY VOCALS!!! Like… I been working on my voice for the last couple years… some people think I’m a born singer but I’m a rapper first! I wanna thank God & my vocal coach for getting me here.”

Over the years, many fans have admired Lizzo for both her vocal and breath control — as she is also insanely talented at playing the flute.

She also dedicated her win to Prince and Beyoncé during a tearful speech. “I’m just so proud to be apart of it,” she said. “Not only can people do good, but we are good.”

Continue scrolling for some additional fan reactions to Lizzo’s recent post about her Grammys performance.

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Michelle Obama Warmly Congratulated Beyoncé For ‘Making History’ By Breaking A Grammys Record

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A lot happened at the 2023 Grammy Awards this weekend, but the leading narrative throughout the evening was Beyoncé’s chase for history. She entered the night a few wins away from breaking the all-time record for most career Grammys, a record she did end up claiming. Congratulatory messages have poured in since then, and now Beyoncé has gotten one from former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Obama shared a tweet about the record-breaking victory and wrote, “Congratulations @Beyonce for making history. Thank you for blessing us all with the music we live our lives to — the songs that keep us singing and dancing and talking. You deserve all this and more! [hearts emoji] [crown emoji].”

Obama, by the way, is also a Grammy winner: Her first nomination came in 2020, for her Becoming audiobook in the Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) category, and she won. Husband and former President Barack Obama also has a couple Grammys to his name, for his audiobooks of Dreams From My Father: A Story Of Race And Inheritance and The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream.

Obama didn’t attend the Grammys, but current First Lady Jill Biden was on hand to award Bonnie Raitt’s “Just Like That” the Grammy for Song Of The Year.

Cardi B Appears To Yell At Quavo & Offset Amid Grammys Fight In Leaked Footage

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Though there have been conflicting reports surrounding the alleged fight between Quavo and Offset, Entertainment Tonight obtained footage that appears to confirm that some sort of confrontation occurred backstage. ET shared footage that reveals Cardi yelling at several people backstage at the Grammys. However, it’s unclear to who she’s yelling at. “Both of y’all wrong! Both of y’all! This is not right!” she’s heard saying. “No bitch, shut the fuck up ’cause you shouldn’t have been talking.”

Evidently, something set off Cardi at that moment. Given how the video emerged after recent reports of an altercation, it seems likely that it was related to that. As the smoke settled, ET approached Cardi B and asked, “I heard you back here settled some stuff.” She brushed it off, claiming, “The only thing I settled was my outfit, honey.” 

TMZ broke the news yesterday that Offset and Quavo got into it backstage at the Grammys. While Quavo was set to hit the stage to perform his tribute for Takeoff, the Grammys reportedly asked Set to join him. However, Quavo allegedly blocked Offset from walking on stage and a physical altercation broke out. The outlet stated they needed to be pulled apart, just before Quavo went on stage.

Initially, reports claimed that sources close to Offset blamed Quavo for the incident. However, shortly after the news began to spread, the “Ric Flair Drip” rapper immediately denied that he and Quavo got into it. “What tf look like fighting my brother yal n***as is crazy,” Offset wrote.

Quavo performed his tribute song “Without You” during the Grammy’s In Memoriam segment. The Migos rapper and Maverick City Music choir joined forces for the segment. The performance marked Quavo’s first since Takeoff’s death and he made sure to represent his nephew’s legacy. He donned Takeoff’s chain down the red carpet before hanging it on the microphone stand and holding it up at the end of the performance. “Very important. Long live Takeoff,” he told ET about the significance of being at the Grammys on Sunday night. 

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 09: (L-R) Cardi B and Offset and Quavo of Migos attend the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/AMA2018/Getty Images For dcp )

Along with Quavo, Cardi B also had duties to tend to on Sunday night. Cardi B presented the award for Rap Album of the Year to Kendrick Lamar. The former Rap Album Of The Year winner told ET that she was a bit edgy beforehand. “I was so nervous but I was so happy for him. Because he has such an amazing album,” she said.

Cardi B hasn’t commented on the footage as of yet. However, she shared a photo of Takeoff on her Instagram page this morning after ET released the footage. We’ll keep you posted on anymore updates surrounding the supposed altercation.

Questlove Reveals that Will Smith Was Supposed to Make A Surprise Appearance At Grammys, but Had to Cancel Due to Bad Boys 4 Filming

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It’s been a while since Will Smith has been on a stage at an awards show, but allegedly, he was scheduled to make a surprise appearance at the Grammy’s this past Sunday night. However, his comeback performance was derailed due to conflicts with filming Bad Boys 4.

In the weeks leading up to the Grammy’s, host Trevor Noah had hinted that there would be surprise guest appearances, but had kept quiet about specifics. However, Questlove, who produced a 10-minute 50th anniversary of hip-hop tribute performance for the ceremony, let one no-show surprise guest name slip on the red carpet.

Questlove told a Variety reporter that he was going to give the spoiler alert away. “Will Smith was a part of the festivities tonight, but they started shooting Bad Boys 4 this week. There were a lot of preliminary shots that he had to do, so we had to lose Will.”

The show did, however, go on without Smith. Missy Elliott, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, The Roots, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes, GloRilla, Rakim, Ice-T, Lil Baby, GloRilla, Lil Uzi Vert, and more showcased their talents in a commemorative tribute to the genre.

Before the performance, Dr. Dre was honored with the inaugural Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. He spoke about the impact that hip-hop had on him while saying that he was happy to be influencing the next generation of artists. The full performance can be seen below.

Questlove said that pulling off the show took a lot of hard work, telling the New York Times that “it was a lot of mountains to move to make this happen,” noting that Will Smith was not the only celebrity who couldn’t make it. Future and Lil’ Wayne also had toco cancel due to other commitments.

It’s been almost a year since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars in March of 2022.

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GloRilla Was So Elated By Her Conversation With Beyoncé At The Grammys That She Wants To Get It Tattooed

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GloRilla may have walked away from last night’s Grammy Awards empty-handed, but her spirit is full. Despite her not taking home a gramophone trophy for Best Rap Performance, the Memphis native still had a breakout night. Not only did the “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” rapper perform her record as part of the ceremony’s 50th-anniversary tribute to hip-hop music, but she was also able to meet the most awarded musician in Grammy history, Beyoncé.

GloRilla managed to sneak in a brief chat with Beyoncé near her table between performances and acknowledgments. Then, the rapper took to her personal Facebook page to relive the moment, writing, “I hugged Beyoncé. I’m never taking a bath again.” In another post, writing, “I’m finna get my 15-second conversation with Beyoncé tatted. Ahh! I’m still not over it.”

While GloRilla hasn’t shared what the pair discussed, she did grab a selfie video during the ceremony with Beyoncé declaring her love for the singer, “I love you so much,” GloRilla says with a full smile with the caption, “I met Beyoncé — bye. My life is complete.”

Well, it seems GloRilla is living out the lyrics to her song “Tomorrow 2” as she raps, “Every day the sun won’t shine, but that’s why I love tomorrow.” But, of course, GloRilla knows the awards will come later, so she’s set on enjoying the present moment.